Tigers Welcome No. 6 Alabama Tuesday for White Out Game on ESPN

Tuesday, December 14

Memphis, Tenn.

8 p.m.

University of Memphis

#6/8 Alabama

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Tigers Welcome No. 6 Alabama Tuesday for White Out Game on ESPN

Dec 13, 2021 | Men's Basketball

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Memphis Tigers are prepped for a Tuesday night clash against No. 6/8 Alabama at FedExForum. Tip-off is scheduled for 8 p.m. on ESPN, and the Tigers will be looking to end a four-game losing streak.

Tuesday's game is a White Out with the Tigers wearing Memphis State uniforms, and the first 5,000 fans will receive a free white Memphis State t-shirt.

Memphis' last three defeats are by a combined nine points, coming on the road at Georgia and Ole Miss and against 8-1 Murray State.

Alabama enters the game following wins against No. 3 Gonzaga and No. 14 Houston to start the month of December. Alabama is led by the one-two punch of Jaden Shackelford and Jahvon Quinerly, who lead the team in scoring at 19.1 and 15.1 points per game, respectively. The Crimson Tide also boast a pair of dynamic freshmen in JD Davison and Charles Bediako.

The Crimson Tide rank seventh in the nation in scoring at 86.0 points per game and lead the SEC in 3-pointers made per game and rank second in rebounds per contest. Both the Tigers and Crimson Tide like to play at a fast pace, as Memphis is 11th in the nation in adjusted tempo and Alabama is 19th.

With a win, the Tigers would avoid their first five-game losing streak since Jan. 29-Feb. 16, 2000.

After Tuesday's game, the Tigers wrap up their stretch of four games against SEC opponents in five outings Saturday morning against Tennessee. Saturday's game will be played at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., and tips off at 11 a.m. on ESPN2. Following Saturday's clash with the Volunteers, Memphis finishes non-conference play next Tuesday, Dec. 21 against Alabama State. American Athletic Conference action begins Dec. 29 at Tulane.

Tuesday's game is presented by Ashley HomeStore.

GAME DETAILS
Memphis Tigers (5-4) vs. #6/8 Alabama (8-1)
Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021 | 8 p.m. CT
FedExForum (18,400); Memphis, Tenn.
Television: ESPN (Kevin Brown, pxp; Jimmy Dykes, analysis)
Radio: 98.9 THE ROAR OF MEMPHIS (Dave Woloshin, pxp; Matt Dillon, analysis)
Satellite: Sirius 81 / XM 81 / SXM App 81

BY THE NUMBERS

2014: The last time Memphis defeated a top-10 team (No. 7 Louisville, 3/1/14, 72-66); the Tigers have lost eight-straight games against top-10 opponents.
1964: The last time Alabama played the Tigers in Memphis (the Tigers won on Dec. 12, 83-73); that same year Tiger assistant coach Larry Brown won a gold medal playing with Team USA in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
1: Tiger, Jalen Duren, has started each of Memphis' nine games this season.
2nd: Memphis' national rank in free throw rate (.459), measuring a team's ability to get to the free throw line (FTA/FGA).
22: NBA teams have requested credentials for Tuesday's game as of Monday afternoon.

THE LAST TIME OUT

The Tigers led by 14 points at halftime Friday night at FedExForum, but Murray State came back on the strength of 10 second-half 3-pointers to earn a 74-72 win.
Tyler Harris led the Tigers with 15 points on 3-of-6 3-point shooting, and he also had a team-high four assists.
Jalen Duren added 14 points, five rebounds and three assists.
Emoni Bates, Lester Quinones and DeAndre Williams all had nine points for the Tigers.
Murray State's Tevin Brown had 22 points, going 6-for-13 from behind the arc, and Justice Hill added 20 and six assists.
The Racers (8-1) made 14-of-29 tries from distance in the game (.483).
Murray State retook the lead at the 11:12 mark of the second half, 53-52, and the Tigers never led again.
Alex Lomax hit a 3-pointer with 21 seconds left that cut Murray State's lead to 72-70 and he followed with a steal on the next play, but he then missed a triple from the corner that would have given the Tigers the lead with just seconds remaining.
Memphis ended the game shooting 49.0 percent from the floor (25-51) and made eight of its 20 3-pointers (.400).
The Tigers had 17 assists on 25 baskets but were outrebounded, 31-30.

NOTING THE OPPONENT

Alabama returns its top two scorers and 10 letterwinners from last season's SEC Championship team that went on to finish 27-6 overall and 16-2 in the SEC.
The second-seeded Crimson Tide advanced to the Sweet 16 of last season's NCAA Tournament, defeating Iona and Maryland before bowing out to eventual Final Four participant UCLA in overtime, 88-78.
After beginning the year with a 4-3 record across its first seven games, the Tide finished the year by winning 22 of its final 26 games, with all four losses coming on the road to teams ranked in the top 25.
Two of those three defeats were by a combined eight points
In 2021-22, Alabama was picked to finish second in the league in voting by a select panel of both SEC and national media members.
Both Jahvon Quinerly and Jaden Shackelford were named to the SEC Preseason First Team.
Historically, Alabama and Kentucky are the only schools in the SEC to win 800 league games.
Only Kentucky and Arkansas have more overall wins among SEC schools than the Crimson Tide.

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